Teacher Emily Dirks looked out onto a sea of young faces attached to squiggly, squirming mostly 5-year-old bodies. “Ran-Dan,” she said. “Does that rhyme? Thumbs up or down?” “No!” said the group of ...

As pressure to raise scores on standardized tests has trickled down to the lower grades, kindergarten and even pre-kindergarten classrooms have focused more on academic skills. But debating whether a ...

Seven months into the school year at Linwood Holton Elementary, in Richmond, Virginia, Jenna Conway’s daughter takes a more relaxed approach to virtual kindergarten. Credit: Jenna Conway The Hechinger ...

Inside this bustling kindergarten classroom at St. Robert Catholic School, some of Toronto’s smallest students are preparing to take a big a step in the fall — in-person learning. At one table, ...